It's a lot easier to remember all the shitty things, Sarissa.
[ barry would know; it's what had made him pull up his shoulders and try and make himself steel: impenetrable, immovable, unable to be hurt. but that's not the way you're supposed to live life. that's not the way nora allen wanted him to grow up and see the world, as one big ball of shittiness. ]
[ he weighs the pros and cons quickly of what he's about to say, and decides it's a pro. the flash shouldn't be giving a lot of his own personal information away, but he thinks he should. he's not obligated to by any means, but sometimes it's what helps people. sometimes that's how you save someone, not by acting heroically and endangering yourself, but by being open. ]
I'm who I am because of something that happened to me when I was younger. Something that goes beyond the definition of being absolutely shitty. And it sucks. Sometimes I think I deserved what happened, but I don't believe I did. Not really. No one deserves to die, and no one deserves to have their power taken away from them.
[ he's not talking about the superpowers they all have. he doesn't think he needs to specify that at all. ]
The day you let yourself actually believe that will be the shittiest thing you can ever do. You would've given up your power, and that's the one thing you have that no one can take away from you, even if this Gabriel tried to. You're the Muscle Woman, remember? You can lift cars up. I think you can lift yourself back up again if you tried.
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[ barry would know; it's what had made him pull up his shoulders and try and make himself steel: impenetrable, immovable, unable to be hurt. but that's not the way you're supposed to live life. that's not the way nora allen wanted him to grow up and see the world, as one big ball of shittiness. ]
[ he weighs the pros and cons quickly of what he's about to say, and decides it's a pro. the flash shouldn't be giving a lot of his own personal information away, but he thinks he should. he's not obligated to by any means, but sometimes it's what helps people. sometimes that's how you save someone, not by acting heroically and endangering yourself, but by being open. ]
I'm who I am because of something that happened to me when I was younger. Something that goes beyond the definition of being absolutely shitty. And it sucks. Sometimes I think I deserved what happened, but I don't believe I did. Not really. No one deserves to die, and no one deserves to have their power taken away from them.
[ he's not talking about the superpowers they all have. he doesn't think he needs to specify that at all. ]
The day you let yourself actually believe that will be the shittiest thing you can ever do. You would've given up your power, and that's the one thing you have that no one can take away from you, even if this Gabriel tried to. You're the Muscle Woman, remember? You can lift cars up. I think you can lift yourself back up again if you tried.